Piggy

Question 1

how is Ralph presented in lotf?

Answer 1

• scientific
• talkative
• organised
• thoughtful
• outsider
• intelligent
• physically vulnerable
• sensible
• mature
  sensitive

Question 2

potential exam questions for Piggy

Answer 2

• examine the presentation of Piggy
• examine the relationship between Ralph and Piggy
• how does Golding use Piggy to present law and order?

Question 3

beginning quotes for Piggy

Answer 3

'’Hi!’’ it said’ (ch.1)

‘searching out safe lodgements for his feet’ (ch.1)

'’make a list. We ought to have a meeting’’ (ch.1)

'’Like kids!’’ he said scornfully’ (ch.2)

‘martyred expression of a parent who has to keep up with the senseless ebullience of the children’ (ch.2)

‘Piggy was an outsider, not only by accent’ (ch.4)

Question 4

middle quotes for Piggy

Answer 4

‘But Piggy, for all his ludicrous body, had brains’ (ch.5)

'’What are we? Humans? Or animals? Or savages?’’ (ch.5)

'’What are grownups going to think?’’ (ch.5)

'’Now you done it. You been rude about his hunters’’ (ch.8)

‘Only Piggy could have the intellectual daring’ (ch.8)

‘Piggy was so full of delight and expanding liberty in Jack’s departure, so full of pride in his contribution to the good of society’ (ch.8)

Question 5

end quotes for Piggy

Answer 5

‘Piggy once more was the centre of social derision’ (ch.9)

‘He was gesticulating, searching for a formula’ (ch.10)

'’We never done nothing. We never seen nothing.’’ (ch.10)

‘Piggy sought in his mind for words to convey his passionate willingness to carry the conch’ (ch.11)

'’Which is better–to be a pack of painted Indians like you are, or to be sensible like Ralph is?’’ (ch.11)

‘the fall through the air of a true, wise friend called Piggy’ (ch.12)